Paris, Carré des Sciences, June 28-29^th 2007.

Conference program  / Location details / Sponsors

Scientific goals

The conference is focused on the formation of social networks while allowing for the confrontation of a variety of approaches and theoretical tools. The conference aims to bring together some of the best scholars working on networks formation in the fields of Theoretical Economics, Economics of Innovation and Knowledge, Theoretical Physics, and Management Strategy. The conference has thus an interdisciplinary character that is consistent with the nature of the topic and its recent evolution. A particular interest (though not exclusive) resides in bringing closer empirical and theoretical approaches.

Invited Speakers

• Alain Barrat (Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, CNRS & Université Paris Sud)
• Francis Bloch (GREQAM, Université d'Aix Marseille)
• Antoni Calvó-Armengol (ICREA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
• Andrea Galeotti (University of Essex)
  
• Sanjeew Goyal (Department of Economics, Cambridge University)
• Matthew Jackson (Department of Economics, Stanford University)
• Anna Mauleon (Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis & CORE)
• Frank Page (Department of Economics, Indiana University)
• Olav Sorenson (Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto)
• Vincent Vannetelbosch (CORE & Université Catholique de Louvain)
• Fernando Vega-Redondo (European University Institute, Florence) (tbc)
• Myrna Wooders (Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University)

Organization

Any question can be addressed to Nicolas Carayol ( Cet e-mail est protégé contre les robots collecteurs de mails, votre navigateur doit accepter le Javascript pour le voir ).

Speakers have been selected by invitation only and there will be only plenary sessions.

Each speaker will have about 1 hour including 40 mn presentation and 20 mn discussion.

Participation (audience) is welcomed and free but registration is mandatory because space is limited and for security reasons given that the conference is hosted in historical buildings where the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research is located.

Registration should be made by email to Claire Bazin ( Cet e-mail est protégé contre les robots collecteurs de mails, votre navigateur doit accepter le Javascript pour le voir ).

This conference is part of the research project Dyn-Net (Dynamics of Networks) funded by the ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche), through the blank blue Skye program Jeunes Chercheurs et Jeunes Chercheuses.